单项选择题 根据短文回答 16～22 题。 The Industrial Age and Employment The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most people's work has taken the form. of jobs.The industrial age may now be cominｇ to an end,and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought about may have to be reversed,This seems a daunting(大胆的)thought.But,in fact,it could offer the prospect of a better future for work.Universal employment。as its history shows,has not meant economic freedom。Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving(剥夺)them of the Use the land.and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves.Then the fact. system;destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from people's homes.Later, as transport improved,first by rail and then by road,people commuted(乘车往返)longer distances to their places of employment until.Eventually, many people's work test all connection with their home lives and the places in which they lived.Meanwhile employment put women at a disadvantage.In pre—industrial times。men and women had shared the productive work of the household and village Community Now it became customary(惯例的)for the husband to go out to paid employl+1tent,leaving the unpaid work of the home and family to his wife.Tax and benefit regulationsstill assume this norm today,and restrict more flexible sharing of work roles between the Sexes.It was not only women whose work status suffered.As employment because the dominant form. of work,young people and old people Were excluded—a problem now,as more teenagers become frustrated at school and more retired people want to live active lives.All this may now have to change.The time has certainly come to switch some efforts and resources away from the utopian(乌托邦的)goal of creating jobs for all.to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs. 第 16 题 The established work patterns may be changed with the closing of the industrial age.（ ）A．Right B．WrongC．Not mentioned

单项选择题 根据短文回答 46～50 题。 Caribbean Islands What would you see if you took a cruise to the Caribbean Islands? Palm trees and coconuts (椰子)? White beaches and clear, blue ocean? Colorful corals (珊瑚) and even more colorful fishes and birds?You bet. There are thousands of islands in the Caribbean Sea. They are famous for their warm, tropical climate and great natural beauty.The Caribbean Islands form. a chain that separates the Caribbean Sea from the rest of the Atlantic Ocean._______(1) Many of the islands were formed by the eruption (爆发) of ancient volcanoes (火山). Others are Iow-lyin9 coral islands that gradually rose from the ocean.The Caribbean Islands are known by several names. _______(2) The explorerChristopher Columbus called the islands the Indies in 1492 because he thought he was near the coast of India. Later, Spain and France called the islands the Antilles.There are four large islands in the Caribbean Sea. _______(3) These four islands are often called the Greater Antilles. Together, they account for about 90 percent of the land area of the Caribbean Islands.The rest of the Caribbean Islands are much smellier. _______ (4) You can see why pirates such as the famous Blackboard sailed these waters. There are countless small islands to bury treasure or hide on.The weather of the Caribbean Sea is almost always warm and sunny. Sandy beaches line the coasts of many islands._______(5) Many tourists arrive on cruise ships. 第 46 题 请选择（1）处的最佳答案A．But life on the Caribbean Islands is not always paradise.B．The earliest name used by Europeans is the Indies, later changed to the West Indies.C．They're like a long necklace that stretches between North and South America.D．They are Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Hispaniola.E．This is why millions of tourists visit the islands each year.F．Some of these islands are no more than tiny slivers (小片) of exposed coral.

未知题型 把下列句子组合成语序合理、语意连贯的一段语，最恰当的一项是( )①每个人都有自己控制意义的不同能力和不同程度②也表明每个人都拥有一个属于自己的世界③人类之所以有今天的成就，是因为人类创走了一个有意义的世界④这不仅构成了世界的多样性⑤实际上却是由古往今来的每个人分别构成的⑥而这个有意义的世界，表面上看是人类共有的